My wife has a savings bank account that she never told me about. She said there is nothing in it! She also had the statements be sent to her parents house.
Do you smell anything here?
2007-08-18 09:08:46 · 5 answers · asked by ICEAGLE 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Should you go legal? Of course.
That has NOTHING to do with an allegedly empty savings account your wife owns. If you think she is hiding money, I recommend a Marriage Counselor. After trying that, you will have a better idea about consulting an attorney.
2007-08-18 11:33:11 · answer #1 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By "go legal" do you mean "start divorce proceedings?"
Seems a bit extreme to me. You leave out information that would help to determine the proper advise:
How long have you been married?
In the early years of a marriage, either or both spouses may be reluctant to completely share finances. Since 1/2 of all marriages end in divorce this is not an unreasonable fear. Hard though it is to believe, in a good marriage spouses become closer over time and love and trust each other even more. After 26 years, I know that I love and trust my wife more today than when we were first married. This is the sort of thing that time may solve for you.
Did your wife have financial issues in a prior relationship?
She may have been burned in a previous marriage or relationship and is taking steps to insure that it doesn't happen again.
What is your attitude towards money? Spender or saver? Does your financial attitude match your wife's?
You and your wife may have different financial styles. If you are a "spender" and she is a "saver" this may just be her way of putting away some money without getting into a big fight with you.
Finally, don't ignore the possibility that she is telling the truth and the account is empty (or close to it). This could just be an old account that she hasn't gotten around to closing.
The bottom line is that you should think a bit about both her and your history and behavior. It may be pretty obvious what is motivating her.
2007-08-18 17:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by Charles E 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you sound a lot like a person I used to know and his wife was siphoning off the grocery money and putting it in the bank because he never saved any money for retirement. Or are you a control feak who resents the fact that she did something without your knowledge
2007-08-18 16:24:52 · answer #3 · answered by buggys 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You want a divorce because she's squirrling money?
Maybe you drink and she's trying to save for a house...how would we know?
Ask her she may have a good reason.
2007-08-18 16:20:49 · answer #4 · answered by gr8ful_one 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
so far what has that got with you going legal == i was looking for a undertable kind of question!!!
2007-08-18 16:14:50 · answer #5 · answered by mister ed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋